oh...and for the other comments what if god was existance...as we know it and that is why they say he has always....sry im not religious but i understand the points of view....i dont think any one religion has it correct...but they are still good ways to live...most of the time.
hello i am schizophrenic.....or well schizo affective and i was wondering or pondering that maybe this is what my "disorder" is part of .....perhaps it is evolution not compeleted.....the traits just have not been picked out and refined....my face modual was active and voice centers when i was seeing a face in my third eye or minds eye and speaking with them.....i would recieve a message in my opwn inner monolouge...either of what i would assume them to say...the person said they felt mypresence
I'm a master of tapping into my left hemisphere. It's entertaining when I'm bored. It keeps be guessing about the world around me. It keeps me questioning why I'm here. My left hemisphere really helps me learn and I can't get enough of it even if I'm 'telling stories' to myself about my surroundings. It's also why I'm writing a new novel loosely based on many of my life's real events that I experinced and learned from. It's fun and exciting.
I noticed that if there is a large view count on a good youtube video there will ALWAYS be some dislikes, usually very small. My left brain creates the story that these dislikes are all from more immature people, who do not have enough identity in their lives from their achievements that they resort to having the identity of the rare disliker
"..these dislikes are all from more immature people, who do not have enough identity in their lives...resort to having the identity of the rare disliker"
@secretstream4 I like your view there. I feel I must also add that ignorance/understanding could also be a very valid factor. Many people these days - but surely not everyone - will meet a mental 'roadblock', when trying to understand something new or foreign. Instead of using their brain, they may just decide what they saw was 'dumb'.
Since it seems that there is no purpose to why we are born, it seems also true that we cannot leave without a purpose. The difficult part is to find the rules by which to live so that we don't clash our realities to the point of extermination. That might be the original intention of religion but then people mess it up with rules set in stone. Valid guidelines can be found in religion and science both at the same time but it's very easy to missinterpret any of them if ignoring one over the other.
Is this an automatic subconscious survival Instinct or is there a Higgs Boson to blame??? and what condition were the test subjects in that theses results came from. are we all wired the same thinking the same thoughts. make up a story! I don't need to give any reason for my actions.....
It is true. When you dissect something and understand its innermost workings, you can never view it in the same way again. The initial magic IS gone. It's the same thing almost when you are the creator of this magical thing such as a painting or music or movie, etc. You cannot EVER enjoy your creation in the same way someone else who sees it as the whole can. For him to say otherwise is simply wrong.
@TeleDreamer that is a logical argument. I've been trying to understand aboutthe Higgs boson. Scientists say it is very difficult to explain it to people without using really advanced mathematical concepts. So they tried to explain it with a hat. I knew the hat was the shape of the potential energy graph but the explanations if taken out of context sounded like higgs boson was on a hat. So there is a possibility that "let there be light" might be more than "let me see what I'm doing".
@Chessonmyshirt why does God have to be defined in old religious terms? People did have intuitions back then, they did observe things. They might not have had scientific method to explain things back then but when sifting through all the myths, there are still some nuggets of truths about human nature or what God might be. There's "let there be light". It turns out that photons permeate the entire universe and are the unit of energy electrons change from one energy level to another.. Intuition?
@Adaerus The equivalence of the definition of light then and now shouldn't be conveniently made equal. Case in such, a text must be defined in the light of the author's intentions; otherwise, any word arrangement in language could be assigned to many meaningful interpretations. Some considerations can be derived from their expected train of thought. "Why light? Well, any skilled artisan would know that a light source is needed before you could start work." is a good start, for example.
@donkukky why is the idea of God illogic by definition? Is this definition made by consensus? Why does existence of God has to always be defined in religious terms? Or why does non existence of God has to be defined in scientific terms since science has difficulty or near impossibility describing nature beyond the edge of our perception?
@TehFlyingJam I don't doubt string theory has logic but logic is a human construct and it evolves with human perception/understanding. However, my point was not about religion or how it functions but about the logic which allows the existence of God in the view of scientific discoveries. I know this might not seem logical but it may be just as difficult to grasp as when thinking of the unidimentional strings vibrating in 11 spatial dimensions. There is no big leap from there to the idea of a God
@Adaerus Yes there is. Just because the logic is too advanced for most people to follow, dosn't mean that it isn't sound. The idea of a god is pr definition illogical.
This video is far from being scientific...All he is saying is our brain tells stories. I already knew that. Science can not explain why our brain is the way it is, they just pretend they know things. If it took him years to figure out that our brains tells stories, he better quit his job...
@MonkeyonaDonkey you're an idiot. He is talking about WHERE in the brain we make stories and that one day will lead us to be able to REPRODUCE it in computers.
thanks for this. I know I'm richer for all the cognitive science books I've been reading the past couple of years, mostly Pinker and a lot of the folks he references.
@palebluedot4ev alright, if a crazy person has the idea that he created the universe, are you still going to say that " it does not necessarily follow" that that person is wrong? NO!
No, but it does confirm that the idea of deity's in the world are wrong, for example; who are we to distinguish between Zeus and Allah and devote our lives entirely to one over the other, all without evidence.
Finally, when it comes to arguing the veracity of any idea, concept or philosophy on the very same video which brings into question the validity of how we arrive at any idea, concept or philosophy, none is actually TRUE, REASONABLE, SCIENTIFIC because those same concepts are inherently under scrutiny as well. Good Day.
You may all got to an actually arguable video. It makes no sense arguing over ANYTHING on this topic because we all are composed of the same brains but we all have different perspectives and "explanations" of life. To say one is more TRUE or SCIENTIFIC than the other is to say, "My brain just composed, in the same manner which you did, a more rational, that is whatever I have concluded up to this point is "rational", and true, again; whatever that is to me, explanation for our existence.
Northrop Frye argued that the fear of our aesthetical sensibilities becoming diminished somehow through study is an irrational and silly one, as geologists have no difficulty in appreciating the beauty of mountains.
Finally, when it comes to arguing the veracity of any idea, concept or philosophy on the very same video which brings into question the validity of how we arrive at any idea, concept or philosophy, none is actually TRUE, REASONABLE, SCIENTIFIC because those same concepts are inherently under scrutiny as well. Good Day.
is this "interpreter" part of our brains somewhat responsible for dreams? is that why when we're dreaming and hear something like a doorbell, it changes our dream?
You may all got to an actually arguable video. It makes no sense arguing over ANYTHING on this topic because we all are composed of the same brains but we all have different perspectives and "explanations" of life. To say one is more TRUE or SCIENTIFIC than the other is to say, "My brain just composed, in the same manner which you did, a more rational, that is whatever I have concluded up to this point is "rational", and true, again; whatever that is to me, explanation for our existence.
However, free would not completely be an illusion, we supposedly do have "free won't". This means the conscious self is able to use a veto against the decisions of the subconscious brain. This idea was mainly suggested, I think, to make sure people still can be held responsible for their own actions.
My high school teacher from years back told me about these experiments. Combined with other experiments they very strongly suggest that there is no such thing as a conscious free will. In the other experiments it was shown that the brain already prepares to perform a certain action some time before the person even consciously decides to perform this action. So the idea is that the subconscious brain constantly decides stuff while the left hemisphere makes up a story to explain these decisions.
@DaTux91 I also heard about this. However, the consciousness always has the option to veto what the unconsciousness has set up. The same guy who made the discovery you mentioned call this version of "free will", "free won't".
... as the elephant went into the hole inside was a wall.... and the elephant was perfect thus I lifted my hand in honor of the moment ....( random story told by the narrorator )
@Ligermorph Remember that our brains communicate with each other so it was some left brain trying to explain it and then the right side making up a cute story. lol
@Ligermorph But science also started the same way. Somebody's different kind of "brain fart". Look at string theory, it is a story after all. It cannot be proven but fits the explanations. Science is not out there, but is a tool invented by people to allow ourselves to probe reality and inform our view of the correctness of our perception. So, what if God is nothing people ever thought about how God is but rather everything science discovers?
@Adaerus It cannot be proven, but it has logic behind it. Besides, it's a theory, not a law. So science isn't saying, "Yes! String theory must be right! All must believe it!", it's saying "This might be right, it fits, but we're not sure...". Sometimes things are found wrong, and science simply adapts to it.
@TheSuperCommentGuy I seriously hope that you're joking... Those 5 "proofs" aren't proofs at all - they are erroneous dead ends. I'm astonished to find someone referencing dark age era ignorance in 2012!
@TheSuperCommentGuy They 5 proofs are case studies in logical fallacies and non sequiturs. Because they are inconsistent, unproven, incoherent assertions aimed at proving the existence of god and accepting any evidence that may support the notion, they are easily dismantled by logical, scientific examination in which conclusions must rely on evidence, instead of religious dogmas where evidence must fit conclusions. Class dismissed. See you next week.
@marineninga It's because my brain doesn't seem to like I exist for no reason at all. This makes it bloody hard to convince myself I'm alive only because of chance and without a purpose.
Yet every bit of evidence points towards it. That's where the left hemisphere comes in: connecting dots that aren't there, just to make sense of it all. And that's how religions are born, people need a purpose.
Personally, I love being a cloud of lifeless atoms without a purpose ;-)
@Ligermorph We choose our purpose. Right now there seems to be a silent agreement that money is the purpose. No, our purpose is finding truth and knowledge for the betterment of all living and loving creatures.... and mushrooms, always mushrooms.
@Ligermorph ("And that's how religions are born"...?
Is there no safe region on this site where I can watch a video and not hear from another pestering insecure atheist rambling about things they themselves can't explain. The scientific world isn't fit to explain religion, you know that and so do I.)
@DistortedV12 It was just a response to someone asking a question about a joking remark I made earlier. Think we totally agree theist/atheist discussions on YT being absolutely pointless ;)
Commenting to maybe make people smile is one thing, but wasting time with endless discussions is quite another. Unfortunately, like you said, there's always some insecure atheist rambling about things they themselves can't explain.
I'm intrigued, how do you live without a purpose? Viktor Frankl survived through a Nazi concentration camp with the purpose of telling his story, the field of psychology "logotherapy" is founded upon the belief that it is the striving to find a meaning in one's life that is the primary, most powerful motivating and driving force in humans.
@marineninga I said theres no reason/purpose for me to exist, not that I lived without a purpose ;)
I meant we're all a part of the cosmos and by a cosmic roll of the dice we happen to be conscious. When theres no why, the only purpose of your life is the one you give it. Pick any purpose or even change it.
Spending every second of life eating chocolate is just as valid a purpose as spending it saving whales. Life's a gift from the cosmic lottery, but only you can judge if you're doing it right.
@Ligermorph "That which never changes is real" so if you can choose the purpose of your life and change it any time you want, doesn't that make it fake? How would you know what is really your purpose? Criteria for right and wrong throughout the ages have always changed, so how do you know what's right and wrong? Today's rebel may be tomorrow's leader.
@marineninga Uhm, maybe I wasn't clear enough ;) The fact that we exist doesn't have to mean that we have a purpose.
I was born, that's a fact and you could call that real. But the purpose of being born? That's a thing someone can only decide for themselves. We give ourselves a purpose and I wouldn't call it fake, more like a state of mind. Just like right or wrong, it's an opinion.
@Ligermorph "Everything in life must contribute, otherwise it will be eliminated" Tony Robbins, like weeds in a garden and pests in a farm if something causes pain or destruction the first course of action is to remove it. Perhaps this is the foundation to purpose, to give, to contribute. Than again, Friedrich Nietzsche would say "You have your way. I have my way. As for the right way, the correct way, and the only way, it does not exist."
@marineninga Purpose seems to be depending on scale or perspective. I like Nietzsche's view on it, thats why I said its an opinion ;)
To keep the species going, passing on genes is a purpose of life. For an individual, being happy in life can be a purpose. Then again, one day it could turn out everybody was completely wrong, who knows ;)
Maybe even Homer Simpson turns out to be right: "Scrapbooking, high-stakes poker or the Santa Fe lifestyle.. Just pick a dead-end and chill out 'till you die."
@Ligermorph Every bit of evidence points towards you being here by chance without a purpose? Id say the exact opposite and say the evidence points towards me being here not by chance. If you want to play the probability game for life your up a creek without a paddle when explaining human existence on our spec of a planet. Your hypothesis for why religions are born is saying if the method used to discovering a god (brain) is not good then there is no god but this is false as it still may be a god
@Ligermorph precisely, by making up a story for why and how everything came to be. the left brain wants to do that. and any self-coherent story will do. if there's too much going on in our lives and the left brain doesn't manage to catch up anymore, you'll lose your sense of identity. religion works to create something like a collective identity, the same goes for your country's history. we just need something like that by default to function properly. who are we?
@Ligermorph Its a bit more complex then that... its more like, the left brain is there to theorize and ``imagine`` stuff, while the right side is in charge of keeping it real or keeping it as it is. So in a way, science also started in the left-brain.
@Inmatinus Now you are talking about a very obscure subject which can't be so easily defined, for example, Its still argued in some cases whether Psychology is a Science.
Hence my equation, its as vague as any argument concerning this topic that's not either essay or dissertation length.
Theoretical Physicists should also be required to take a course in philosophical reasoning, practical implications of theories presented and correct argumentation.
@Inmatinus uhm. Relative and Quantum physics are known to be counter intuitive, and thus defy logical thinking. The reason for this is basically that i.e. neutrons and the universe (respectively) do not follow a very logical explanation as (NEARLY) everything is reduced to mathematics; and the value that you assign to let's say - the number 3, becomes an abstraction of nature itself.
P.S. 'Correct argumentation' is not part of the Curriculum. =)
@Instinctinside I have no idea what the context of what you are saying is, but I find it interesting that you would consider Quantum and Relative physics as those which defy "logic". I say that because in my eyes, its "common sense", the thing we mistake for logic most of the time, which preveals in pure mathematics. Jus a thought lol xD
@Inmatinus there was something, an immensely dense little dot of pure energy; but because there was no other source of matter and no source of motion as to curve time, there was no time. Get it? I thought so.
@Inmatinus No, now let me ask you something. Do you actually have an argument, or only questions circumventing my statements? if the latter, I suggest you to use Google to embark yourself in the quasi-intellectual journey of reading something other than the bible. If you otherwise have an argument, then make it. I'm not a text book.
That was my argument, are you able to answer it or do you claim I did not bring forth a argument?
¨So tell me a few things.
- Why was there a dot of energy.
- No time? Okay tell me can a arrow move from A to B if there is no time? - What created it, is it eternal? - Why did you not answer the question, Something is not nothing. If there is something it is the polar opposite of nothing.¨
Science definitely does touch the subject of God, technically you can't disprove God just like you can't disprove a flying spaghetti monster sitting on the edge of the universe that controls everything, but you can apply logic and science to make you realise how improbable it is. Now even if there were a God, what makes you choose between Krishna, Allah, Odin and Zeus; all without the slightest of evidence.
God is just an excuse to fill the gaps science is yet to fulfill.
And the God hypothesis answers nothing, not to also mention that it cannot exist on it's own. You claim that you need an explanation for the beginning, but for some reason when I ask; who created your God than, you're happy not to need an answer there.
Evolution explains almost everything regarding life except a weak link (the origin).
@chessonmyshirt The God Theory makes as much sense as the Big Bang. Look up Planck's Epoch. Learn Quantum Mechanics Understand that the basis for string theory and M-theory is just as big of a leap of faith, due to the sheer numbers needed to make those theories viable. Ten to the 500th power OTHER universes with differing physical laws and properties from our own must exist in order to make our own universe's existence statistically possible. Learn. Then speak from knowledge..
@phezmom1 Let me add that the god portrayed wrongly by man-made religion has weak links. Men are flawed, of course we would get it wrong. Another thing for you to look up:The Perennial Philosophy. Learn, please. Don't go into it with preconceived notions brought about by literal interpretations of organized religious doctrine, and the actions of those who crave power and know how to obtain it through the world's most powerful tool (organized religion). THAT is the enemy, not God.
I couldn't agree with you more on the big bang theory, good sir.
I thought our main point of discussion was evolution?
Even on the topic of the big bang, just because the big bang fails to answer all the questions doesn't mean the only other answer is God, which like you say is just as disprovable as TBBT, I for one, will be waiting on science so I can hopefully see in my lifetime (doubtful though) if they discover the origins of our universe.
Tell me then how a world without a God could ever be possible logically.
Answer me why natural laws as gravity exist, tell me why evolution exist at all, why it creates anything at all. Tell me how DNA/RNA originated.
Tell me why clouds at all are on the sky, why do water evaporate?
You have a thousand *why* you better start answering. But we both know that evolution nor big bang answer any of those questions: It just is the way it is.
@Inmatinus "Tell me why clouds at all are on the sky, why do water evaporate". No wonder religion seems appealing to you. Read some books and save yourself from dying in ignorance.
You bring up a good point, some of these questions are hard to answer, but the fact of the matter is that the answer of 'God' raises more questions than it answers. You're saying all these earthly things which are of immense beauty must be created by God, then when you talk about God which is supposedly of immense beauty, you're happy with no answer as to how this supreme being came into existence, which there's no doubt that God is a lot more complex than nature.
@chessonmyshirt In modern philosophy the assumption there is a god actually helps answer some of lifes most hardest questions like: Who are you? What is conscience, What is free will?.. and more. If your query is how did god come into existence and i answer god never had a beginning and has always existed, if you dont like that answer well even non god hypothesis's such as a multiverse or oscillating universe models somewhat have always existed so you cannot have double standards about this.
@MrWasapenis I like a nice philosophical discussion, but I'll pass on something as futile as discussions about religion/god.
However, when you claimed only god could be the answer to questions like "what is conscience?" and I was up a creek without a paddle when playing the probability game for life's existence.. I really wanted to thank you for making me laugh.
So adieu and thank you sir, may you live a joyful life!
@Ligermorph If you would re-read what i said i never claimed god could be the only answer to these questions. If you laugh about the probability obviously you haven't thought about it long enough.
On the top side im glad to have made you laugh so that you may enjoy your life just that tad more so you might one day live long enough to enjoy god.
Does it? Doesn't a God answer every question you could possibly imagine?
Is it not more reasonable to say that God is harder to understand than the universe we exist in?
Doesn't a world without God bring up a thousand unanswered question and even contradictions to logic? What are the implications of a view without God?
I tell you truth is rarely in entirety taught in public or schools. Test what you have learned.
God is an answer that raises more answers like I said, for example, I could say that the holy flying spaghetti monster or Zeus is responsible for everything in the universe, these claims are on par with your claims of God as there is no evidence to back up any of these claims. Tell me why your God is responsible for everything in the universe and not Zeus? Zeus can answer all these questions as well, with his immense power and beauty that our human brains cannot fathom.
I don't affirm the necessity of a God but neither do I say with 100% accuracy that God doesn't exist, that's because it is impossible to disprove God, the same way it's impossible to disprove a flying spaghetti monster in the center of the universe that controls anything, what I can say is that it is highly improbable though.
That's not a general assumption among popular scientist, that's a logical conclusion among reasonable brains, "The universe had to be created, God doesn't".
@Ligermorph To be precise, the spiritual experiences are created by the frontal lobe. But those spiritual experiences are weaved into a religion by the left brain.
@Cyberspine So what does it mean when I was raised with religion..Now I believe in a higher power and spirituality, but I do not believe in conforming to religion. Is that my left brain telling me what my experiences have already shown me?
@katarinagiselle I don't know you nor your experiences so I can't say. But if you say you don't believe in conforming to religious teachings it at least shows you have more common sense than the vast majority of the population.
If the two hemispheres of people with split brains can't communicate directly with each other, can they communicate in other ways? For instance, could the right hemisphere write a note (or whatever) to the left hemisphere, and share information that way?
I'd say we go for fiction because reality is just too mundane. OR the human mind prefers being an observer rather than a participant in most things we fantasize about, maybe its a defence mechanism, sort of, to avoid being presented with something that we like that exists in reality but we don't have the means to accomplish or possess.
So that's what the guy looks like, ha. Studied it for a year, had no idea. :)
Samuraionthewall 3 weeks ago
oh...and for the other comments what if god was existance...as we know it and that is why they say he has always....sry im not religious but i understand the points of view....i dont think any one religion has it correct...but they are still good ways to live...most of the time.
CynicalNuggit 3 weeks ago
hello i am schizophrenic.....or well schizo affective and i was wondering or pondering that maybe this is what my "disorder" is part of .....perhaps it is evolution not compeleted.....the traits just have not been picked out and refined....my face modual was active and voice centers when i was seeing a face in my third eye or minds eye and speaking with them.....i would recieve a message in my opwn inner monolouge...either of what i would assume them to say...the person said they felt mypresence
CynicalNuggit 3 weeks ago
I'm a master of tapping into my left hemisphere. It's entertaining when I'm bored. It keeps be guessing about the world around me. It keeps me questioning why I'm here. My left hemisphere really helps me learn and I can't get enough of it even if I'm 'telling stories' to myself about my surroundings. It's also why I'm writing a new novel loosely based on many of my life's real events that I experinced and learned from. It's fun and exciting.
AutumnKitten 4 weeks ago
I noticed that if there is a large view count on a good youtube video there will ALWAYS be some dislikes, usually very small. My left brain creates the story that these dislikes are all from more immature people, who do not have enough identity in their lives from their achievements that they resort to having the identity of the rare disliker
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"..these dislikes are all from more immature people, who do not have enough identity in their lives...resort to having the identity of the rare disliker"
@secretstream4 I like your view there. I feel I must also add that ignorance/understanding could also be a very valid factor. Many people these days - but surely not everyone - will meet a mental 'roadblock', when trying to understand something new or foreign. Instead of using their brain, they may just decide what they saw was 'dumb'.
FilthyBassFreq 1 week ago
So that's why some of my friend,who are gamer, say they'll most likely survive a zombie apocalypse.
eazyguy94 1 month ago
Since it seems that there is no purpose to why we are born, it seems also true that we cannot leave without a purpose. The difficult part is to find the rules by which to live so that we don't clash our realities to the point of extermination. That might be the original intention of religion but then people mess it up with rules set in stone. Valid guidelines can be found in religion and science both at the same time but it's very easy to missinterpret any of them if ignoring one over the other.
Adaerus 1 month ago
"I would go without shirt or shoe,
Friend, tobacco or bread,
Sooner than lose for a minute the two
Separate sides of my head!" R.Kipling
solusdiver 1 month ago
God is irrelevant, Gays can marry and a world of rational thinking people.
An America I don't see anytime soon.
TheRimDoctor 1 month ago
@distortedv12 what makes you so certain that atheists are wrong or insecure? I am curious to know why God would not be the story of my left brain.
Adaerus 1 month ago
Is this an automatic subconscious survival Instinct or is there a Higgs Boson to blame??? and what condition were the test subjects in that theses results came from. are we all wired the same thinking the same thoughts. make up a story! I don't need to give any reason for my actions.....
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kjetilmelkevik 1 month ago
It is true. When you dissect something and understand its innermost workings, you can never view it in the same way again. The initial magic IS gone. It's the same thing almost when you are the creator of this magical thing such as a painting or music or movie, etc. You cannot EVER enjoy your creation in the same way someone else who sees it as the whole can. For him to say otherwise is simply wrong.
TruthSurge 1 month ago
But did you then present the obvious fallacies-in-logic to the brain-patients?
mythmanjay 1 month ago
@TeleDreamer that is a logical argument. I've been trying to understand aboutthe Higgs boson. Scientists say it is very difficult to explain it to people without using really advanced mathematical concepts. So they tried to explain it with a hat. I knew the hat was the shape of the potential energy graph but the explanations if taken out of context sounded like higgs boson was on a hat. So there is a possibility that "let there be light" might be more than "let me see what I'm doing".
Adaerus 1 month ago
This is why I want to be a neurologist
DeathG4n 1 month ago
@Chessonmyshirt why does God have to be defined in old religious terms? People did have intuitions back then, they did observe things. They might not have had scientific method to explain things back then but when sifting through all the myths, there are still some nuggets of truths about human nature or what God might be. There's "let there be light". It turns out that photons permeate the entire universe and are the unit of energy electrons change from one energy level to another.. Intuition?
Adaerus 1 month ago
@Adaerus The equivalence of the definition of light then and now shouldn't be conveniently made equal. Case in such, a text must be defined in the light of the author's intentions; otherwise, any word arrangement in language could be assigned to many meaningful interpretations. Some considerations can be derived from their expected train of thought. "Why light? Well, any skilled artisan would know that a light source is needed before you could start work." is a good start, for example.
TaleDreamer 1 month ago
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LomTang 1 month ago
@donkukky why is the idea of God illogic by definition? Is this definition made by consensus? Why does existence of God has to always be defined in religious terms? Or why does non existence of God has to be defined in scientific terms since science has difficulty or near impossibility describing nature beyond the edge of our perception?
Adaerus 1 month ago
@TehFlyingJam I don't doubt string theory has logic but logic is a human construct and it evolves with human perception/understanding. However, my point was not about religion or how it functions but about the logic which allows the existence of God in the view of scientific discoveries. I know this might not seem logical but it may be just as difficult to grasp as when thinking of the unidimentional strings vibrating in 11 spatial dimensions. There is no big leap from there to the idea of a God
Adaerus 1 month ago
@Adaerus Yes there is. Just because the logic is too advanced for most people to follow, dosn't mean that it isn't sound. The idea of a god is pr definition illogical.
donkukki 1 month ago
This video is far from being scientific...All he is saying is our brain tells stories. I already knew that. Science can not explain why our brain is the way it is, they just pretend they know things. If it took him years to figure out that our brains tells stories, he better quit his job...
MonkeyonaDonkey 1 month ago
@MonkeyonaDonkey you're an idiot. He is talking about WHERE in the brain we make stories and that one day will lead us to be able to REPRODUCE it in computers.
ataraxic89 1 month ago
thanks for this. I know I'm richer for all the cognitive science books I've been reading the past couple of years, mostly Pinker and a lot of the folks he references.
svicciarelli 1 month ago
There's something wrong with me apparently :o I don't like reading fiction at all...
FubarHS 1 month ago
i want to be old and wise one day...
cyntheses 1 month ago
@cyntheses Same here bro...same here..
GhostOfAStranger1 1 month ago
nice.
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alexkkowalski 1 month ago
even if our idea of god comes within our own minds, it does not necessarily follow that God does not exist.
palebluedot4ev 1 month ago 3
@palebluedot4ev No, it just makes it incredibly unlikely and stupid to believe it does exist.
bchplse 1 month ago
@palebluedot4ev alright, if a crazy person has the idea that he created the universe, are you still going to say that " it does not necessarily follow" that that person is wrong? NO!
directorzwannabe 1 month ago
@directorzwannabe If you had a machine which made you "experience" your mother, would it follow that she does not it exist?
palebluedot4ev 1 month ago
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No, but it does confirm that the idea of deity's in the world are wrong, for example; who are we to distinguish between Zeus and Allah and devote our lives entirely to one over the other, all without evidence.
chessonmyshirt 1 month ago
@chessonmyshirt I'm glad you agree with me, and I agree with you example. My comment was only intended to point out a bit of logic.
palebluedot4ev 1 month ago
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I am AMAZED by how people can link anything and i mean anything to religions
.....i mean seriously
sooguru 1 month ago
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I am AMAZED by how people can link anything and i mean anything to religions
.....i mean srsly
sooguru 1 month ago
I am AMAZED by how ppl can link anything and i mean anything to religions
.....i mean srsly
sooguru 1 month ago
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Finally, when it comes to arguing the veracity of any idea, concept or philosophy on the very same video which brings into question the validity of how we arrive at any idea, concept or philosophy, none is actually TRUE, REASONABLE, SCIENTIFIC because those same concepts are inherently under scrutiny as well. Good Day.
JetsuSeal 1 month ago
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You may all got to an actually arguable video. It makes no sense arguing over ANYTHING on this topic because we all are composed of the same brains but we all have different perspectives and "explanations" of life. To say one is more TRUE or SCIENTIFIC than the other is to say, "My brain just composed, in the same manner which you did, a more rational, that is whatever I have concluded up to this point is "rational", and true, again; whatever that is to me, explanation for our existence.
JetsuSeal 1 month ago
God is everything. The ultimate truth is what our mind creates for us.
SuperBspb 1 month ago
@SuperBspb damn rationalistic pantheists!
palebluedot4ev 1 month ago
Northrop Frye argued that the fear of our aesthetical sensibilities becoming diminished somehow through study is an irrational and silly one, as geologists have no difficulty in appreciating the beauty of mountains.
handsomebrick 1 month ago
So how do they separate the hemispheres of the brain and still communicate with the patient?
DEGfan1 1 month ago
so we must lie, we cant help it
thatfuzzybunny71 1 month ago
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It's quite funny : the name of this channel is Big Think. Yet, people seems to be very hurry to post a comment after they've watch the video.
Of course, I had to post a comment to say that... so it's no use reminding me.
fl260 1 month ago
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It's quite funny : the name of this channel is Big Think. Yet, people seems to be very hurry to post a comment after they've watch the video.
Of course, I had to post a comment to say that... so it's no use reminding me.
fl260 1 month ago
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It's quite funny : the name of this channel is Big Think. Yet, people seems to be very hurry to post a comment after they've watch the video.
Of course, I had to post a comment to say that... so it's no use reminding me.
fl260 1 month ago
This has been flagged as spam show
It's quite funny : the name of this channel is Big Think. Yet, people seems to be very hurry to post a comment after they've watch the video.
Of course, I had to post a comment to say that... so it's no use reminding me.
fl260 1 month ago
This has been flagged as spam show
It's quite funny : the name of this channel is Big Think. Yet, people seems to be very hurry to post a comment after they've watch the video.
Of course, I had to post a comment to say that... so it's no use reminding me.
fl260 1 month ago
It's quite funny : the name of this channel is Big Think. Yet, people seems to be very hurry to post a comment after they've watch the video.
Of course, I had to post a comment to say that... so it's no use reminding me.
fl260 1 month ago
So most people are compulsive liars that believe whatever nonsense is most convenient to them, because it feels good. Thought so. :D
Nagneto 1 month ago
@Nagneto Well obviously, otherwise the scientific method would be entirely unnecessary.
handsomebrick 1 month ago
Finally, when it comes to arguing the veracity of any idea, concept or philosophy on the very same video which brings into question the validity of how we arrive at any idea, concept or philosophy, none is actually TRUE, REASONABLE, SCIENTIFIC because those same concepts are inherently under scrutiny as well. Good Day.
JetsuSeal 1 month ago
Kind of reminds me of the latest vsauce leanback...
lxxMVPxxl 1 month ago
is this "interpreter" part of our brains somewhat responsible for dreams? is that why when we're dreaming and hear something like a doorbell, it changes our dream?
Kohbra 1 month ago
You may all got to an actually arguable video. It makes no sense arguing over ANYTHING on this topic because we all are composed of the same brains but we all have different perspectives and "explanations" of life. To say one is more TRUE or SCIENTIFIC than the other is to say, "My brain just composed, in the same manner which you did, a more rational, that is whatever I have concluded up to this point is "rational", and true, again; whatever that is to me, explanation for our existence.
JetsuSeal 1 month ago
I only subscribed to this channel for Michio Kaku -_-
javilito67 1 month ago 5
Damn! Making sense of this requires undivided attention!
MrAniketShedge 1 month ago
SITTIN ON THE TOILET
TheLeadStriker 1 month ago
wait i thought that since recently the left-right brain theory was wrong and we use both our halves to think and "emote" at the same time.
Muphlon 1 month ago
However, free would not completely be an illusion, we supposedly do have "free won't". This means the conscious self is able to use a veto against the decisions of the subconscious brain. This idea was mainly suggested, I think, to make sure people still can be held responsible for their own actions.
DaTux91 1 month ago
the human brain is designed to learn through stories, and not fuking textbooks. i hate skool.
mrzack888 1 month ago
@mrzack888 LOL. Irony.
CroisadeNoir 1 month ago
My high school teacher from years back told me about these experiments. Combined with other experiments they very strongly suggest that there is no such thing as a conscious free will. In the other experiments it was shown that the brain already prepares to perform a certain action some time before the person even consciously decides to perform this action. So the idea is that the subconscious brain constantly decides stuff while the left hemisphere makes up a story to explain these decisions.
DaTux91 1 month ago
@DaTux91 I also heard about this. However, the consciousness always has the option to veto what the unconsciousness has set up. The same guy who made the discovery you mentioned call this version of "free will", "free won't".
theorangeshirts 1 month ago
@theorangeshirts Yeah, I put that in a next comment. Maybe I should've referred to it in my first comment but I didn't have enough characters left :(
Makes you wonder about your life and the decisions you've made doesn't it?
DaTux91 1 month ago
... as the elephant went into the hole inside was a wall.... and the elephant was perfect thus I lifted my hand in honor of the moment ....( random story told by the narrorator )
INMATE2468 1 month ago
What? This isn't Michio Kaku...
D3m0l1zh3d 1 month ago 178
@D3m0l1zh3d I love mr Kaku but stfu you narrow-minded fuck.
mQtek 1 month ago
@mQtek Oh, c'mon, take a joke.
Rarae192 1 month ago
@D3m0l1zh3d He's Michio's old Psychology proffessor. At least he's smart enough to be.
1redrider100 1 month ago
@D3m0l1zh3d how is that amusing or funny?
mQtek 1 month ago
@D3m0l1zh3d
yeah i think he transformed using quantum mechanics and magic potions.
samjs721 1 month ago
@samjs721 test
quietconfidence 1 month ago
@quietconfidence test
quietconfidence 1 month ago
@quietconfidence test
Cartmanezful 1 month ago
@D3m0l1zh3d its a mask and voice changer!
pureawesomeness2012 1 month ago
@D3m0l1zh3d hahaha
PracticeMakesAwesome 1 month ago
@D3m0l1zh3d i dont think he wants to be the symbol of knowledge.
gomonkeyfly 1 month ago
hehe
xknowledgeisfreex 1 month ago
So the left hemisphere of our brain is how religions got started? There you have it folks, science explaining religion.
Happy days! Now we can all agree God turned out to somebody's brain fart!
Ligermorph 1 month ago 166
@Ligermorph fuck you
supertroll653 1 month ago
@supertroll653 fail troll...
420dseifer 1 month ago
@Ligermorph Remember that our brains communicate with each other so it was some left brain trying to explain it and then the right side making up a cute story. lol
TheJam1192 1 month ago
@Ligermorph But science also started the same way. Somebody's different kind of "brain fart". Look at string theory, it is a story after all. It cannot be proven but fits the explanations. Science is not out there, but is a tool invented by people to allow ourselves to probe reality and inform our view of the correctness of our perception. So, what if God is nothing people ever thought about how God is but rather everything science discovers?
Adaerus 1 month ago
@Adaerus It cannot be proven, but it has logic behind it. Besides, it's a theory, not a law. So science isn't saying, "Yes! String theory must be right! All must believe it!", it's saying "This might be right, it fits, but we're not sure...". Sometimes things are found wrong, and science simply adapts to it.
TehFlyingJam 1 month ago
@Ligermorph What about the 5 Proofs of God's Existence by the philosopher Thomas Aquinas? Forgot about that?
TheSuperCommentGuy 1 month ago
@TheSuperCommentGuy Refuted by many.
Hirnlego999 1 month ago
@TheSuperCommentGuy I seriously hope that you're joking... Those 5 "proofs" aren't proofs at all - they are erroneous dead ends. I'm astonished to find someone referencing dark age era ignorance in 2012!
tomasusan 1 month ago
@TheSuperCommentGuy They 5 proofs are case studies in logical fallacies and non sequiturs. Because they are inconsistent, unproven, incoherent assertions aimed at proving the existence of god and accepting any evidence that may support the notion, they are easily dismantled by logical, scientific examination in which conclusions must rely on evidence, instead of religious dogmas where evidence must fit conclusions. Class dismissed. See you next week.
manonthemount 1 month ago
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TheSuperCommentGuy 1 month ago
@manonthemount Newton's 1st law states (and I quote):
"Every object in a state of uniform motion tends to remain in that state of motion unless an external force is applied to it."
What is the first mover? It has to begin somewhere, does it not? Is this not proven by it's own statement? That is why it is called a proof.
TheSuperCommentGuy 1 month ago
@Ligermorph I'm curious, how did you come to that conclusion?
marineninga 1 month ago
@marineninga the bible is full of stories, and majority of them give us a reason to live, or in a christian's state of mind.
GetProInc 1 month ago
@marineninga It's because my brain doesn't seem to like I exist for no reason at all. This makes it bloody hard to convince myself I'm alive only because of chance and without a purpose.
Yet every bit of evidence points towards it. That's where the left hemisphere comes in: connecting dots that aren't there, just to make sense of it all. And that's how religions are born, people need a purpose.
Personally, I love being a cloud of lifeless atoms without a purpose ;-)
Ligermorph 1 month ago 72
@Ligermorph We choose our purpose. Right now there seems to be a silent agreement that money is the purpose. No, our purpose is finding truth and knowledge for the betterment of all living and loving creatures.... and mushrooms, always mushrooms.
brownmanofcanada 1 month ago
@Ligermorph ("And that's how religions are born"...?
Is there no safe region on this site where I can watch a video and not hear from another pestering insecure atheist rambling about things they themselves can't explain. The scientific world isn't fit to explain religion, you know that and so do I.)
DistortedV12 1 month ago
@DistortedV12 It was just a response to someone asking a question about a joking remark I made earlier. Think we totally agree theist/atheist discussions on YT being absolutely pointless ;)
Commenting to maybe make people smile is one thing, but wasting time with endless discussions is quite another. Unfortunately, like you said, there's always some insecure atheist rambling about things they themselves can't explain.
Ligermorph 1 month ago
@Ligermorph
I'm intrigued, how do you live without a purpose? Viktor Frankl survived through a Nazi concentration camp with the purpose of telling his story, the field of psychology "logotherapy" is founded upon the belief that it is the striving to find a meaning in one's life that is the primary, most powerful motivating and driving force in humans.
marineninga 1 month ago
@marineninga I said theres no reason/purpose for me to exist, not that I lived without a purpose ;)
I meant we're all a part of the cosmos and by a cosmic roll of the dice we happen to be conscious. When theres no why, the only purpose of your life is the one you give it. Pick any purpose or even change it.
Spending every second of life eating chocolate is just as valid a purpose as spending it saving whales. Life's a gift from the cosmic lottery, but only you can judge if you're doing it right.
Ligermorph 1 month ago 23
@Ligermorph "That which never changes is real" so if you can choose the purpose of your life and change it any time you want, doesn't that make it fake? How would you know what is really your purpose? Criteria for right and wrong throughout the ages have always changed, so how do you know what's right and wrong? Today's rebel may be tomorrow's leader.
marineninga 1 month ago
@marineninga Uhm, maybe I wasn't clear enough ;) The fact that we exist doesn't have to mean that we have a purpose.
I was born, that's a fact and you could call that real. But the purpose of being born? That's a thing someone can only decide for themselves. We give ourselves a purpose and I wouldn't call it fake, more like a state of mind. Just like right or wrong, it's an opinion.
Ligermorph 1 month ago
@Ligermorph "Everything in life must contribute, otherwise it will be eliminated" Tony Robbins, like weeds in a garden and pests in a farm if something causes pain or destruction the first course of action is to remove it. Perhaps this is the foundation to purpose, to give, to contribute. Than again, Friedrich Nietzsche would say "You have your way. I have my way. As for the right way, the correct way, and the only way, it does not exist."
I'm only giving alternate perspectives.
marineninga 1 month ago
@marineninga Purpose seems to be depending on scale or perspective. I like Nietzsche's view on it, thats why I said its an opinion ;)
To keep the species going, passing on genes is a purpose of life. For an individual, being happy in life can be a purpose. Then again, one day it could turn out everybody was completely wrong, who knows ;)
Maybe even Homer Simpson turns out to be right: "Scrapbooking, high-stakes poker or the Santa Fe lifestyle.. Just pick a dead-end and chill out 'till you die."
Ligermorph 1 month ago
@Ligermorph Every bit of evidence points towards you being here by chance without a purpose? Id say the exact opposite and say the evidence points towards me being here not by chance. If you want to play the probability game for life your up a creek without a paddle when explaining human existence on our spec of a planet. Your hypothesis for why religions are born is saying if the method used to discovering a god (brain) is not good then there is no god but this is false as it still may be a god
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@Ligermorph precisely, by making up a story for why and how everything came to be. the left brain wants to do that. and any self-coherent story will do. if there's too much going on in our lives and the left brain doesn't manage to catch up anymore, you'll lose your sense of identity. religion works to create something like a collective identity, the same goes for your country's history. we just need something like that by default to function properly. who are we?
Diosukekun 1 month ago
@Ligermorph Its a bit more complex then that... its more like, the left brain is there to theorize and ``imagine`` stuff, while the right side is in charge of keeping it real or keeping it as it is. So in a way, science also started in the left-brain.
Arielslopa 1 month ago
@Ligermorph
Where did the brain come from? Silly.
Inmatinus 1 month ago
@Inmatinus
Billions of years of evolution. Silly.
chessonmyshirt 1 month ago 23
@chessonmyshirt
Thats just half the answer you're giving. Now you tell me how that could have happend in circumstances defined as zero or nothingness, without a God.
Evolution is just a excuse for people to deny God, its application doesn't touch the subject of God in any way. Logic > Science.
Inmatinus 1 month ago
@Inmatinus Logic > Science?
There's a little problem with that equation,
Science = Logic
Ah. There we go. :)
BrianMansiMedia 1 month ago
@BrianMansiMedia
A good definition of science is:
¨Systematic knowledge of the physical or material world gained through observation and experimentation.¨
A good definition of Logic is:
¨the science that investigates the principles governing correct or reliable inference.¨
Inmatinus 1 month ago
@Inmatinus Now you are talking about a very obscure subject which can't be so easily defined, for example, Its still argued in some cases whether Psychology is a Science.
Hence my equation, its as vague as any argument concerning this topic that's not either essay or dissertation length.
BrianMansiMedia 1 month ago
@Inmatinus Tell that joke to a theoretical physicist; I sure giggled.
Instinctinside 1 month ago
@Instinctinside
I tell you. Now tell me.
Theoretical Physicists should also be required to take a course in philosophical reasoning, practical implications of theories presented and correct argumentation.
Inmatinus 1 month ago
@Inmatinus uhm. Relative and Quantum physics are known to be counter intuitive, and thus defy logical thinking. The reason for this is basically that i.e. neutrons and the universe (respectively) do not follow a very logical explanation as (NEARLY) everything is reduced to mathematics; and the value that you assign to let's say - the number 3, becomes an abstraction of nature itself.
P.S. 'Correct argumentation' is not part of the Curriculum. =)
Instinctinside 1 month ago
@Instinctinside I have no idea what the context of what you are saying is, but I find it interesting that you would consider Quantum and Relative physics as those which defy "logic". I say that because in my eyes, its "common sense", the thing we mistake for logic most of the time, which preveals in pure mathematics. Jus a thought lol xD
LPhase9 1 month ago
@Instinctinside
Logical thinking perhaps, but Logic? Goodluck.
The foundation of a logical set up is that all the premises are correct.
So tell me the definition of Nothing and tell me if something can appear from nothing.
Inmatinus 4 weeks ago
@Inmatinus God bless you
MrWasapenis 3 weeks ago in playlist Uploaded videos
@Inmatinus there was something, an immensely dense little dot of pure energy; but because there was no other source of matter and no source of motion as to curve time, there was no time. Get it? I thought so.
Instinctinside 3 weeks ago
@Instinctinside
So tell me a few things.
- Why was there a dot of energy.
- No time? Okay tell me can a arrow move from A to B if there is no time?
- What created it, is it eternal?
- Why did you not answer the question, Something is not nothing. If there is something it is the polar opposite of nothing.
Inmatinus 3 weeks ago
@Inmatinus No, now let me ask you something. Do you actually have an argument, or only questions circumventing my statements? if the latter, I suggest you to use Google to embark yourself in the quasi-intellectual journey of reading something other than the bible. If you otherwise have an argument, then make it. I'm not a text book.
Instinctinside 3 weeks ago
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@Instinctinside
That was my argument, are you able to answer it or do you claim I did not bring forth a argument?
¨So tell me a few things.
- Why was there a dot of energy.
- No time? Okay tell me can a arrow move from A to B if there is no time? - What created it, is it eternal? - Why did you not answer the question, Something is not nothing. If there is something it is the polar opposite of nothing.¨
Inmatinus 2 weeks ago
@Inmatinus
Science definitely does touch the subject of God, technically you can't disprove God just like you can't disprove a flying spaghetti monster sitting on the edge of the universe that controls everything, but you can apply logic and science to make you realise how improbable it is. Now even if there were a God, what makes you choose between Krishna, Allah, Odin and Zeus; all without the slightest of evidence.
God is just an excuse to fill the gaps science is yet to fulfill.
chessonmyshirt 1 month ago
@chessonmyshirt
You answer everything but the fact that Evolution cannot exist in its own? gg.
Inmatinus 1 month ago
@Inmatinus
And the God hypothesis answers nothing, not to also mention that it cannot exist on it's own. You claim that you need an explanation for the beginning, but for some reason when I ask; who created your God than, you're happy not to need an answer there.
Evolution explains almost everything regarding life except a weak link (the origin).
God explains nothing and has multiple weak links.
Yet you believe in God, it's silly.
chessonmyshirt 1 month ago
@chessonmyshirt The God Theory makes as much sense as the Big Bang. Look up Planck's Epoch. Learn Quantum Mechanics Understand that the basis for string theory and M-theory is just as big of a leap of faith, due to the sheer numbers needed to make those theories viable. Ten to the 500th power OTHER universes with differing physical laws and properties from our own must exist in order to make our own universe's existence statistically possible. Learn. Then speak from knowledge..
phezmom1 1 month ago
@phezmom1 Let me add that the god portrayed wrongly by man-made religion has weak links. Men are flawed, of course we would get it wrong. Another thing for you to look up:The Perennial Philosophy. Learn, please. Don't go into it with preconceived notions brought about by literal interpretations of organized religious doctrine, and the actions of those who crave power and know how to obtain it through the world's most powerful tool (organized religion). THAT is the enemy, not God.
phezmom1 1 month ago
@phezmom1
I couldn't agree with you more on the big bang theory, good sir.
I thought our main point of discussion was evolution?
Even on the topic of the big bang, just because the big bang fails to answer all the questions doesn't mean the only other answer is God, which like you say is just as disprovable as TBBT, I for one, will be waiting on science so I can hopefully see in my lifetime (doubtful though) if they discover the origins of our universe.
chessonmyshirt 1 month ago
@chessonmyshirt
Tell me then how a world without a God could ever be possible logically.
Answer me why natural laws as gravity exist, tell me why evolution exist at all, why it creates anything at all. Tell me how DNA/RNA originated.
Tell me why clouds at all are on the sky, why do water evaporate?
You have a thousand *why* you better start answering. But we both know that evolution nor big bang answer any of those questions: It just is the way it is.
Inmatinus 4 weeks ago
@Inmatinus "Tell me why clouds at all are on the sky, why do water evaporate". No wonder religion seems appealing to you. Read some books and save yourself from dying in ignorance.
195ashes 4 weeks ago
@Inmatinus
You bring up a good point, some of these questions are hard to answer, but the fact of the matter is that the answer of 'God' raises more questions than it answers. You're saying all these earthly things which are of immense beauty must be created by God, then when you talk about God which is supposedly of immense beauty, you're happy with no answer as to how this supreme being came into existence, which there's no doubt that God is a lot more complex than nature.
chessonmyshirt 3 weeks ago
@chessonmyshirt In modern philosophy the assumption there is a god actually helps answer some of lifes most hardest questions like: Who are you? What is conscience, What is free will?.. and more. If your query is how did god come into existence and i answer god never had a beginning and has always existed, if you dont like that answer well even non god hypothesis's such as a multiverse or oscillating universe models somewhat have always existed so you cannot have double standards about this.
MrWasapenis 3 weeks ago in playlist Uploaded videos
@MrWasapenis I like a nice philosophical discussion, but I'll pass on something as futile as discussions about religion/god.
However, when you claimed only god could be the answer to questions like "what is conscience?" and I was up a creek without a paddle when playing the probability game for life's existence.. I really wanted to thank you for making me laugh.
So adieu and thank you sir, may you live a joyful life!
Ligermorph 3 weeks ago
@Ligermorph
Philosophy is about truth.
What higher truth or discussion than the origins of man can there be? Except the followup questions if there is a God.
Inmatinus 3 weeks ago
@Ligermorph If you would re-read what i said i never claimed god could be the only answer to these questions. If you laugh about the probability obviously you haven't thought about it long enough.
On the top side im glad to have made you laugh so that you may enjoy your life just that tad more so you might one day live long enough to enjoy god.
MrWasapenis 3 weeks ago
@chessonmyshirt
Tell me and think alittle about this one.
Does it? Doesn't a God answer every question you could possibly imagine?
Is it not more reasonable to say that God is harder to understand than the universe we exist in?
Doesn't a world without God bring up a thousand unanswered question and even contradictions to logic? What are the implications of a view without God?
I tell you truth is rarely in entirety taught in public or schools. Test what you have learned.
Inmatinus 3 weeks ago
@Inmatinus
God is an answer that raises more answers like I said, for example, I could say that the holy flying spaghetti monster or Zeus is responsible for everything in the universe, these claims are on par with your claims of God as there is no evidence to back up any of these claims. Tell me why your God is responsible for everything in the universe and not Zeus? Zeus can answer all these questions as well, with his immense power and beauty that our human brains cannot fathom.
chessonmyshirt 3 weeks ago
@chessonmyshirt
You're asking which God is correct. My discussion was the necessity of A God.
How could I possibly enter into the topic of which God if you do not affirm the necessity of A God.
It is a general assumption among popular science followers that A God bring up more questions than a world without A God. This is wrong.
You can ask a world without God why a thousand times without ever getting a concrete answer. Thus Richard Dawkins saying: Why questions is silly.
Inmatinus 3 weeks ago
@Inmatinus
I don't affirm the necessity of a God but neither do I say with 100% accuracy that God doesn't exist, that's because it is impossible to disprove God, the same way it's impossible to disprove a flying spaghetti monster in the center of the universe that controls anything, what I can say is that it is highly improbable though.
That's not a general assumption among popular scientist, that's a logical conclusion among reasonable brains, "The universe had to be created, God doesn't".
chessonmyshirt 3 weeks ago
@chessonmyshirt
Sure a flying spaghetti monster in the center of the universe you can't.
But if you see a ball in motion, you know it had to be set in motion. Ask Newton.
But as The Atheist say: The ball is in motion, we reject a First-cause for this anomaly.
Inmatinus 2 weeks ago
@Inmatinus
Are you comparing the idea of religion to a physical law by Newton?
chessonmyshirt 2 weeks ago
@chessonmyshirt
Well, I meant more the movement of the natural world.
Inmatinus 5 days ago
@Inmatinus When I see God 'in motion', I will believe he had to exist first.
FilthyBassFreq 1 week ago
@FilthyBassFreq
If you see a ball roll across the street you know something had to put that ball in motion.
Its not like it sits in the closet silently, but even if it was it would be in motion since it exist.
But maybe I misunderstood your comment.
Inmatinus 5 days ago
@Ligermorph ... he said it explained physical actions; not mental ones
Quand9 1 month ago
@Ligermorph To be precise, the spiritual experiences are created by the frontal lobe. But those spiritual experiences are weaved into a religion by the left brain.
Cyberspine 1 month ago
@Cyberspine So what does it mean when I was raised with religion..Now I believe in a higher power and spirituality, but I do not believe in conforming to religion. Is that my left brain telling me what my experiences have already shown me?
katarinagiselle 1 month ago
@katarinagiselle I don't know you nor your experiences so I can't say. But if you say you don't believe in conforming to religious teachings it at least shows you have more common sense than the vast majority of the population.
Cyberspine 1 month ago
@Ligermorph How can this be flagged for spam when it has 165 thumbs up?
BottleConcreteBlond 1 month ago
If the two hemispheres of people with split brains can't communicate directly with each other, can they communicate in other ways? For instance, could the right hemisphere write a note (or whatever) to the left hemisphere, and share information that way?
YY4Me133 1 month ago
yours looked soo good
yared94 1 month ago
Where exactly is this narrator located in the left brain? What happens if you destroy it?
n0t5ur3 1 month ago 2
@n0t5ur3 Maybe we would revert back to our animalistic instincts and wouldn't question whether an action is right or wrong. Interesting concept =O
EurofighterVsRaptor 1 month ago
gazzanigga?
Ramsez 1 month ago
dont make me aware of this i'll be stuck in an unending lop
sirbestnameever 1 month ago
I'd say we go for fiction because reality is just too mundane. OR the human mind prefers being an observer rather than a participant in most things we fantasize about, maybe its a defence mechanism, sort of, to avoid being presented with something that we like that exists in reality but we don't have the means to accomplish or possess.
kiomn 1 month ago
mumble mumble slurrr
bbrianmillerr 1 month ago
@bbrianmillerr turn the volume up sir
Dubickimus 1 month ago
@bbrianmillerr hey that's not nice. you should apologize.
ri394 1 month ago
Rocket
argh I can't draw my pretty pictures!!!!
shabido1 1 month ago